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2000 Class Agents – Communications: Sonya Mirbagheri Cheney sonya.mirbagheri@gmail.com Lauren Rose Brown lrbrown64@gmail.com Cassie Evans Decker mary.cass.evans@gmail.com Mariana Pickering dearmariana@gmail.com IB Stanley-Ikhilioju ins3@cornell.edu We have some exciting updates from the first half of 2013! Congratulations to Dr. Lauren Nichelle Dobbs Wiggins, who married Christian K. Johnson, Esq. on June 15, 2013 at St. Luke Community United Methodist Church in Dallas. Lauren is currently a Resident in Ophthalmology at the University of Missouri, Columbia, and Christian is an attorney in private practice in Dallas. Also, Lauren Brown married Gregg Kupor on September 2, 2012. In job news, Melissa Spencer has launched her line, Abeille Jewelry, defined by fine materials and unique design in reverence of the honeybee. She specializes in custom pieces, including engagement rings, and transforms no longer worn jewelry into modern wearable art. She exhibits in Los Angeles and Dallas, and designs may be found at www.AbeilleJewelry. com. Cassie Evans Decker was one of the five finalists for the Dallas Foundation’s “Good Works Under 40”
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Lauren Brown ’00 with her husband Gregg Kupor on their wedding day, September 2, 2012
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Lauren Nichelle Dobbs Wiggins ’00 on her wedding day
for her work for the SPCA of Texas. Cassie mentions, “Hockaday community service really works!” In baby news, Eva Stroynowski Otte and her husband Andrew Otte welcomed their son, Henry Stroynowski Otte, on September 2, 2013. A big congratulations as well to Leigh Notestein Avsec and her husband Andrew, who welcomed Graham Avsec on July 1. Graham weighed a healthy 8 lbs, 10 oz. Leigh and Andrew are having a blast showing Graham off around Chicago. Mara Levinson had an incredible time producing the Chime for Change concert at Twickenham Stadium – featuring Beyoncé, Florence + the Machine, Jennifer Lopez, John Legend, Jay Z, Timbaland, Ellie Goulding, and more! The special is a part of a new campaign to raise funds and awareness for women and girls empowerment around the world, focused in the key areas of education, health, and justice. In August, Cassie Evans Decker joined the law firm of Quilling, Selander, Lownds, Winslett & Moser, P.C. in Dallas, and is continuing her business and financial litigation practice representing major banks and financial institutions in state and federal litigation involving consumer mortgage, real estate, title, lien priority, contract, foreclosure, and debt collections issues. Additionally, she serves on the Board of Directors for the Senior Source as well as the SPCA of Texas. Amanda Aland received a Ph.D. from SMU in
anthropology with sub-specialty of archaeology on May 18, 2013. Her B.S. was from USC in 2004 in Spanish, with a minor in religious studies. Her M.A. was from SMU in 2006. She received an NSF grant and a Fulbright IIE award, among other grants, that funded her research of excavation and analysis of her data samples on the North Coast of Peru. She resided in Chao, Peru, for two years where she worked at a site where the Chimú and Inka had lived. Amanda is currently teaching as an adjunct professor at SMU in the anthropology department. Linda Aland ’65, Amanda’s mother, is an attorney in Dallas. Finally, Alex and I (Sonya Mirbagheri Cheney) welcomed our daughter, Leila Katherine Cheney, weighing 7 lbs, 13 oz, on July 24, 2013, in NYC. Leila can’t wait to meet her Hockaday family when she visits Dallas. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
2001 Class Agents – Communications: Mary Crain maryscrain@gmail.com Mallory Fosdick mfosdick@gmail.com Amy Meyer Stoneham amy.m.stoneham@gmail.com Kristin Thumlert kristinthumlert@gmail.com Congrats to the newlyweds in our class! After graduating from business school at the University of Michigan in May, Neeraja Lammata tied the knot in June in Dallas. Classmates Wonny Lervisit and Susan Mathai were bridesmaids in her wedding. Neeraja currently works in NYC at Unilever in brand management. Wonny Lervisit tied the knot in April, and classmates Susan Mathai and Neeraja Lammata were bridesmaids in her wedding. Congrats are also in order for the future brides! Susan Mathai married Dr. Christopher Sigakis, a radiology resident, at St. Rita Catholic Church in Dallas this February 2014. Susan is currently a pulmonary/critical care fellow at University of Colorado Denver,
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